Antalya (Turkey): The Indian compound women’s archery team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur continued their imperious form this season, securing a hat-trick of World Cup gold medals with a win over Estonia, even as Priyansh settled for a silver here on Saturday. Priyansh narrowly lost the men’s final to world number…
Bridgetown: Title contenders India cruised to a 47-run victory over Afghanistan riding on a superb fifty from Suryakumar Yadav and incisive first spell from Jasprit Bumrah. Surya hit three sixes and five fours in his 28-ball-53 while vice-captain Hardik Pandya made 24-ball 32 in India’s challenging total of 181 for 7 on a difficult track….
Turku (Finland): India’s Olympic and world champion javelin throw star Neeraj Chopra claimed his maiden gold medal at the Paavo Nurmi Games here on Tuesday, dominating a stellar field on his return to competitive action following a month-long break. Chopra, who claimed the silver here in 2022, produced the winning effort of 85.97m in his…
New Delhi: Former India opener Gautam Gambhir was on Tuesday interviewed by the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) for the national team’s head coach position. The interview took place over a zoom call with both Gambhir and Malhotra attending it virtually. “Yes, Gambhir appeared for the interview with the CAC. One round of discussions happened…
New York: Indian cricket team faced no struggle in qualifying for the Super 8 stages of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 with three successive wins in group stages. India will face Canada in their remaining group stage match against Candan in Florida on June 15. Afghanistan’s latest win against PNG on Friday confirmed India’s…
New York: Spinner Keshav Maharaj was lucky to defend 11 runs in the final over as South Africa held their nerves to beat Bangladesh by a mere four runs in yet another low-scoring thriller in the T20 World Cup here on Monday. In a contest where fortunes swung from one side to another, Bangladesh fought…
New York: Jasprit Bumrah’s effort touched by genius confined arch-rivals Pakistan to a defeat here on Sunday, but India skipper Rohit Sharma wanted his lethal weapon to perform at the same level for the entire duration of the T20 World Cup. Bumrah was magnificent in India’s six-run victory over Pakistan in which he had figures…
New York: The latest chapter of the “greatest rivalry” wasn’t high on quality but still provided edge of the seat action as a gritty India, guided by the redoubtable Jasprit Bumrah, went past an imploding Pakistan by six runs in a low-scoring T20 World Cup contest here on Sunday. The Rohit Sharma-led side suffered a…
Dallas (USA): Newcomers USA on Thursday shocked former champions Pakistan via the Super Over to record their biggest win in a T20 World Cup match that reflected the shambolic state of affairs in the Asian giants’ cricket. The result was reminiscent of Pakistan’s three-wicket loss to Ireland in the 2007 ODI World Cup in the…
New York: Skipper Rohit Sharma’s freak upper arm injury came as a dampener but India’s four-pronged pace attack was too deadly for an out-of-depth Ireland during a walk-in-the park eight-wicket victory in their opening game of the T20 World Cup here on Wednesday. The ‘Men in Blue’ will indeed have some sleepless nights going into…
